Out with the Hartford homeless outreach team

So it was up and at ’em early yesterday morning with the Hartford homeless outreach team, which yesterday included Big Dave and Diane, who retired from social services work but just can’t tear herself away completely. The photo is from outside South Park Inn, where in the pre-dawn darkness I stepped over a chalk drawing. …

Hartford’s mayor proposes issuing city IDs

Yesterday, Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra announced at a press conference the possibility of Hartford offering her residents photo IDs, which would allow city residents to apply for services such as supplemental nutritional programs, access to the City’s health clinic which is free for the uninsured, food vendor licenses, as well as access to ancillary benefits …

God’s blessings under a bridge

The Hartford Homeless Outreach Team leaves at 6 a.m. every Thursday, from South Park Inn, a homeless shelter downtown. Yesterday, the team was Dave and Tony, two guys who obviously love what they do and who love one other, though when I suggest that, the vulgar (and funny) jokes came flying at me sitting there …